[[Hieromonk]] '''Dimitry (Obuhoff)''' served in the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]], [[ROCOR]].

[[Hieromonk]] '''Dimitry (Obuhoff)''' served in the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]], [[ROCOR]].

==Biographical timeline==

==Biographical timeline==

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*1956: Archbishop [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava of Sydney]] commissions Hmk Dimitry to build a monastery in Kentlyn, on land donated by Pdn Peter Grishaev. To join him, the Archbishop recruited three men who wanted to test their monastic vocation.

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* Nikolai Obuhoff born in Perm, Siberia, in May 1906.

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* Fled with family in 1917 (due to Revolution and civil war). Settled in Manchuria.

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* Nikolai worked on Manchurian branch of Trans-Siberian Railway.

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* After father reposed, Nikolai moved to Beijing to become a [[novice]] in the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

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* 1932: Completed theological studies, was [[tonsure]]d and given name 'Dimitry', [[ordination|ordained]] to diaconate and [[priest]]hood by Abp [[Simon (Vinogradov) of Beijing|Simon of Peking and China]].

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* Ministered to Peking Mission, Our Lady of Kazan Monastery, and St. Alexis [[parish]] in Modyago.

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* 1956: Arrived in Australia with his mother. [[Archbishop]] [[Sava (Rayevsky) of Sydney|Sava of Sydney]] commissions Hmk Dimitry to build a [[monastery]] in Kentlyn, on land donated by Pdn. Peter Grishaev. To join him, the Hmk Dimitry recruited three men who wanted to test their monastic vocation.

::Sep 16: First [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated.

::Sep 16: First [[Divine Liturgy]] celebrated.

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*1959 Mar: Monastery project seems to have failed. Hmk Dimitry was assigned to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Joy of All who Sorrow, Geelong, Victoria, as the second permanent priest (after four years without a priest); two of the other novices returned to the world, the third remaining and being in charge of the diocesan candle-factory. The monastery project, however, would later become [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].

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*1959 Mar: Monastery project seems to have failed. Hmk Dimitry was assigned to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Joy of All who Sorrow, Geelong, Victoria, as the second permanent priest (after four years without a priest); two of the other novices returned to the world, the third remaining and being in charge of the diocesan [[candle]]-factory. The monastery project, however, would later become [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].

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*1962: Hmk Dimitry was transferred to Brisbane.

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* 1962: Transferred to Vladimir Icon parish, Brisbane. Hoped to open a small monastic community in Brisbane, but Bp. [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret's]] election as Metropolitan of ROCOR prevented this.

Ministered to Peking Mission, Our Lady of Kazan Monastery, and St. Alexis parish in Modyago.

1956: Arrived in Australia with his mother. ArchbishopSava of Sydney commissions Hmk Dimitry to build a monastery in Kentlyn, on land donated by Pdn. Peter Grishaev. To join him, the Hmk Dimitry recruited three men who wanted to test their monastic vocation.

1959 Mar: Monastery project seems to have failed. Hmk Dimitry was assigned to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Joy of All who Sorrow, Geelong, Victoria, as the second permanent priest (after four years without a priest); two of the other novices returned to the world, the third remaining and being in charge of the diocesan candle-factory. The monastery project, however, would later become St John the Baptist Skete.

1962: Transferred to Vladimir Icon parish, Brisbane. Hoped to open a small monastic community in Brisbane, but Bp. Philaret's election as Metropolitan of ROCOR prevented this.